SMALL-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to adopt low code, no code (LCNC) because it is a close fit for business, and to enjoy cost savings when compared to hiring an external vendor team.
Gibu Mathew, vice president and general manager of Zoho Asia Pacific, said LCNC platforms will empower entrepreneurs by allowing them to build and design applications visually with a simple drag-and-drop interface. A low-code platform or development platform, besides providing a guided user interface (GUI)-rich development environment, borrows heavily from visual programming principles to simplify, augment and democratize traditional programming activities. In fact, a low-code platform like Zoho Creator can help accelerate your current software development cycle by 10x times
Mathew said the acceleration of digital transformation in business continues to put pressure on MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), which make up to 99.51 percent of businesses in the Philippines, to adapt to the latest technology and consumer behavior. Right now, Mathew pointed out that several businesses have not realized their digital potential as barriers, such as low digital skills, lack of funding, complexity in executing digital transformation, and policy gaps continue to hinder growth. “This has forced businesses to hire or outsource their digitization needs to third-party developers and third-party software—a tedious and expensive exercise. Low code, no code platforms are changing all of these,” he said.
According to Gartner, by 2024 80 percent of technology products will be built by non-IT users, including citizen developers, business technologists and artificial intelligence. The shift to low code, no code platforms is only natural, since it has provided businesses with a low-cost alternative to expensive outsourcing but still achieve a high percentage of solution needs.
“The availability of templates allows businesses to rollout application prototypes in hours for quick feedback, which is impossible to achieve with a team of vendors and third-party vendors. This unique approach thereby allows businesses to fail-fast and iterate to get closer to an ideal solution,” Mathew said.
Mathew said an LCNC approach provides improved cost efficiencies and shortened production cycles, allowing the business to become more profitable and innovate with a faster-to-market window. Moreover, the LCNC platforms also automate repetitive tasks and workflows, allowing business to provide tailored experiences from marketing content, notification and promotional offerings to customers at the right time.
He added that LCNC also allows businesses to have a base standard in terms of data security and user experience on the initial rollout of a solution release. “Building and ensuring high data security without compromising on ease-of-use is very important for the successful adoption of applications in the organization,” he said.
From a user experience design perspective, Mathew said an LCNC comes with industry best practices in terms of user interface design, data accessibility built-in giving businesses a jumpstart for their new applications which would not be the case if you decide to build a custom application from scratch.
Mathew said businesses will experience birth pains in the initial stage as they have difficulty in hiring the right talent to operate their LCNC platforms. He observed the general trend in the ICT industry would have professionals taking the initiative to keep abreast with upcoming technologies.
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